This is an alphabetical list of painters who are known for painting in the ''

Yōga is a style of artistic painting in Japan, typically of Japanese subjects, themes, or landscapes, but using Western (European) artistic conventions, techniques, and materials. The term was coined in the Meiji period (1868–1912) to distingui ...

'' style. Some artists also painted in the Japanese ''

Nihonga ''Nihonga'' () is a Japanese style of painting that typically uses mineral pigments, and occasionally ink, together with other organic pigments on silk or paper. The term was coined during the Meiji period (1868–1912) to differentiate it from ...

'' style, and that the division between the two groups could be blurred at points. Artists are listed by the native order of

Japanese names in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...

, family name followed by given name, to ensure consistency even though some artists may be known outside Japan by their western-ordered name.

Meiji era (1868–1912)

Asai Chū was a Japanese painter, noted for his pioneering work in developing the ''yōga'' (Western-style) art movement in late 19th century and early twentieth-century Japanese painting. Biography Asai was born to an ex-samurai class household in Sak ...

(1856–1907) *

Fujishima Takeji was a Japanese people, Japanese painter, noted for his work in developing Romanticism and impressionism within the ''yoga (art), yōga'' (Western-style) art movement in late 19th- and early 20th-century Japanese painting. In his later years, h ...

(1867–1943) *

Harada Naojirō Harada Naojirō (; 12 October 1863 – 26 December 1899) was a Japanese painter who specialized in the ''yōga'' (Western) style. He was a friend of the novelist Mori Ōgai and served as the model for the protagonist in Ōgai's short ...

(1863–1899) * Kawamura Kiyoo (1852–1934) * Kenkichi Sugimoto (1905–2004) *

Kuroda Seiki Viscount was a Japanese painter and teacher, noted for bringing Western art theory and practice to a wide Japanese audience. He was among the leaders of the ''yōga'' (or Western-style) movement in late 19th and early 20th-century Japanese pai ...

(1866–1924) * Soyama Sachihiko (1859–1892) *

Takahashi Yuichi was a Japanese painter, noted for his pioneering work in developing the ''yōga'' (Western-style) art movement in late 19th-century Japanese painting.There were many Japanese painters who tried Western painting and Western style painting in th ...

(1828–1894) *

Wada Eisaku was a Japanese painter and luminary of the ''yōga'' (or Western-style) scene in the late Meiji (era), Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa (1926–1989), Shōwa eras. He was a member of the Japan Art Academy, an Imperial Household Artist, a recipient of ...

(1874–1959) * Yamamoto Hōsui (1850–1906)

Taishō era (1912–1926)

Kuwashige Giichi Kuwashige Giichi (桑重儀一 ; 1883－1943) was a Japanese ''yōga'' painter. Biography He studied in France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions ...

(1883–1943) *

Ryūsei Kishida was a Japanese painter in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan. He is best known for his realistic ''yōga''-style portraiture, but also for his ''nihonga'' paintings in the 1920s. Biography Kishida was born in the Ginza district of Tokyo in 1891, ...

(1891–1929)

Shōwa era (1926–1989)

* Katsura Yuki (1913–1991) * Kinoshita Takanori (1894–1973) * Emi Kinuko (1923–2015) *

Ishii Hakutei (28 March 1882 – 29 December 1958) was a Japanese yōga painter. Biography Born in Tokyo, the eldest son of nihonga artist , Ishii Hakutei first studied nihonga with his father, then yōga with Asai Chū and . He went on to study under Ku ...

(1882–1958) *

Migishi Setsuko Migishi Setsuko (三岸節子, January 3, 1905 – April 18, 1999) was a Japanese ''yōga'' (Western-style) painter. Known for employing vivid colors and bold strokes for still-life and landscape, Migishi contributed greatly to the establishment ...

(1905–1999) * Sano Nui (1932–2023) * Sugimoto Kenkichi (1905–2004) * Umehara Ryūzaburō (1888–1986) *

Haruko Hasegawa Haruko Hasegawa (; 1895 – 1967) was a Japanese painter, illustrator, and writer. She was known for Yōga (Western-style Japanese painting) war painting, and was a member of the Kokugakai arts organization. Hasegawa visited war zones in the 1930s ...

(1895–1967)

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Meiji era (1868–1912)

Taishō era (1912–1926)

Shōwa era (1926–1989)

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